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Ferdinand Preiss

Lot 689
08.05.2021 11:00UTC +01:00
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€ 4 600
AuctioneerKunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden GmbH
Event locationGermany, Ahlden(Aller)
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ID 532952
Lot 689 | Ferdinand Preiss
(1882 Erbach - 1943 Berlin) "Carmen". Originaltitel Bronze, vergoldet, Elfenbein, geschnitzt. Heller Oynxsockel. Auf der Plinthe signiert "Preiß fec.(it)", betitelt sowie Gießer-Inschrift "AKT=Ges.-GLADENBECK=BERLIN". Auf einer rechteckigen Plinthe in selbstbewusster Pose stehende Carmen mit hochgestecktem, von einem Kamm gehaltenen Haar und Creolen als Ohrschmuck, die linke Hand in die Taille gestützt und den rechten Fuß vorgesetzt; gewandet in ein blütenverziertes, spanisches Kleid mit gerafften Ärmeln und Fransen. Sehr fein geschnitzte und ziselierte Jugendstil-Chryselephantinstatuette als virtuose bildnerische Umsetzung der berühmten Figur aus der Oper von Georges Bizet. Der bedeutende Elfenbeinschnitzer und Bildhauer Ferdinand Preiss gründete 1906/07 die Firma "Preiss & Kassler" in Berlin, ab 1910 entstanden erste Chryselephantinfiguren in Zusammenarbeit mit der dort ansässigen, renommierterten Gießerei Gladenbeck. Figuren-H. 20,2 cm; Ges.-H. 29 cm. Gilt bronze and carved ivory figure on onyx base. Signed and titled, foundry inscription, cast by Gladenbeck, Berlin.
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